OSC announces Investment Funds Technical Advisory Committee members

TORONTO – The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced today the membership of the Investment Funds Technical Advisory Committee (IFTAC) for the 2021-2023 term.

The IFTAC provides an opportunity for stakeholders to engage with the OSC to further smart and effective regulation in the investment funds and structured products space. The IFTAC advises OSC staff on technical compliance challenges in the investment funds product regulatory regime and highlights opportunities for improving alignment between investor, industry and regulatory goals.

Chaired by Melissa Schofield, Senior Legal Counsel, Investment Funds and Structured Products, the Committee meets four times a year with members participating for two-year terms.

The committee members are:

Shalomi Abraham	Invesco Canada Ltd.
Steve Banquier	TD Securities Inc.
Carlos Cardone	Investor Economics - ISS Market Intelligence
Mario Cianfarani	Vanguard Investments Canada Inc.
Aidan Coulter	Fundserv Inc.
Thomas Di Stefano	Fiera Capital Corporation
Brad Gerster	Franklin Templeton Investments Corp.
Alan Goldhar	Durham College
Matthew Graham	RBC Global Asset Management
Elsa Li	CI Global Asset Management
Robert Lemon	CIBC World Markets Inc.
David M. Morrison	Morrison Financial
Florence S. Narine	AGF Investments Inc.
Anne Ramsay	EMJ Capital Ltd.
Gillian Seidler	Mackenzie Financial Corporation
Michael Thom	CFA Societies Canada

 

The mandate of the OSC is to provide protection to investors from unfair, improper or fraudulent practices, to foster fair, efficient and competitive capital markets and confidence in the capital markets, to foster capital formation, and to contribute to the stability of the financial system and the reduction of systemic risk. Investors are urged to check the registration of any persons or company offering an investment opportunity and to review the OSC investor materials available at http://www.osc.gov.on.ca.

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